50.654 reasons for thinking Ed might win

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The Labour leader’s obsession with maths and baseball may give him a strategic edge over his political rivals

If you are a sketchwriter, there is no escaping one question these days. “So who’s going to win the election?” I am asked by almost everyone I run into. Until a month or so ago, I always said: “Well the numbers favour Labour and Ed Miliband.” At which point there was always a pause. “Really?” people would say, slightly incredulous, as if I might be trying to trick them.

Of course it is early days but overall the numbers still favour Labour. Ed’s personal ratings are another story and there is no doubt that Sisyphus and Ed M have much